Hey /sci/, I've seen >pic related pop up on /pol/ a few

>>9060348
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterobacteria_phage_T4

>>9060348
just some virus that infects and fucks inside ecoli

>>9060348
Bacteriophage. Viruses are fucking cool.

>>9060359
>>9060363
>>9060369
Any idea why the drawings look like little robots ?

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>>9060348
>he didn't watch Jimmy Neutron

>>9060381
cos that's what they look like. there's more of these little fucks than there are every other living thing on the planet combined including bacteria

>>9060394

>cos thats what they look like

They are actually metallic in design ?

>>9060405

"Metallic" is not a type of design. If you mean, "are they made of metal?" then no, obviously not.

>>9060394
>implying viruses are alive

>>9060407
pic makes them look like little robots so is was pretty confused

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>>9060359
better pic
they're just so teeny tiny that artists simplify the design when they draw them

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>>9060405
They are not metallic, but yes, they have sharp edges and geometric traits. Obviously diagrams make it look a lot cleaner than they generally are, but it is accurate to the anatomy.

>>9060418
Lol, you beat me by 11 seconds

>>9060421
phagemind
aaand just learned this is actually a man made model but OP hopefully gets the idea that things are open to interpretation at this scale

>>9060419
At that scale what force is allowing them to stay attached, is it still Van see Waals force?

>>9060418
>>9060419
AH I see! cheers guys
Im reading the wiki now.
If anyone has any other pictures of these little fuckers ( or any other viruses/bacteria with an interesting structure) please post here, im pretty interested

>>9060424
Yep i totally get it now, was just spooked as to why the pic was drawn so specifically

>Holy fuck /pol/ you cant just post NANOBOTS and not explain REEE

also, /sci/ is a cool board

>>9060425
I am not sure. I have to imagine viruses have some pretty sophisticated mechanisms for sticking to the surfaces of cells though, seeing as it is their whole deal.

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>>9060348
't was the so called "Lunar Excursion Module" from the Apollo NASA mission

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>>9060470
haha

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Posting phages

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>>9060529

>>9060529
>>9060532

They are attached to ecoli ?

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>>9060532

>>9060419
Texture reminds me of a flan for some reason, now I'm hungry.

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>>9060535
Dunno what cell they're attached to.

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>>9060546

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>>9060548

>>9060546
ah they are damn small

>>9060548
They remind me of a machine from The Matrix.
Not the squids, one of the bigger ones.

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>>9060552

>>9060558
They look very robotic, no doubt about that.

>>9060571

something about these little fuckers makes me uneasy

>>9060592
there are millions of them on your skin RIGHT NOW

>>9060592
Ha i just realised how massive a Tardigrde is compared to these

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>>9060604
look up how massive viruses are compared to prions.

>>9060603
Not that sort of uneasy
just, mind blowing to be reminded that some bacteria looks and acts this way

>>9060609
Bacteriophage*

>>9060609
it's really not, from a biochemistry standpoint. If you throw into a solution their DNA and protein coat monomers, they naturally just form those shapes, all on their own. Self-assembly is a crazy thing, but it makes perfect sense on the molecular level

>>9060608
Aren't prions just stings of free floating proteins? They don't self replicate do they?

>>9060637
*Strings

>>9060637
They do self replicate, that's their whole schtick. proteinacious infectious particle, or prions, are normal proteins which for some reason have a secondary stable folding pattern which is able to self-replicate upon exposure to a properly folded analog of itself. This leads to very long fibrils of accumulated protein products, which cause lots of damage, especially in the brain.

it's a bacteriofag

>>9060425
>>9060464
I know that some (most?) of them perforate the cell membrane to introduce their shit so i'd suppose that they simply "anchor" themselves mechanically.

>>9060532
d-id it die?

>>9060786
Right, but at that scale they don't have gravity, so I was wondering is it an electrostatic force like Van der Waals, like how bugs stick to things, or was there a force at play even smaller than that. I've got no idea how physics work at that scale really.

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>>9060425
They're basically DNA in a protein construct so I imagine apolar protein side chains can use hydrophobic interactions with the inner part of the cellular membrane, or conversely: polar or charged side chains can interact with the hydrophilic outside of the membrane.
Or maybe they form new temporary peptide bonds with proteins sticking out of the membrane.
I'm just speculating.
Pic related is membrane.

>>9060405
>>9060348
>this is your average /pol/edditor

>>9060348
>>9060381
>>9060405
>>9060433
>>9060439
You got your answer, now please go back, we have enough /pol/ spillover to deal with as it is, thanks!

>>9062499
>>9062912

too late senpai.
With /pol/ crippling under the weight of endless raiding you can be damn sure im spending more time on /sci/

>>9063020
Well, as long as you don't shit up the board with frogposting and political bullshit I don't really care, we have enough of that already. Keep up the curiosity anon

>>9060348
Always like how this lad looks